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Speaker 1: Hey, says dad, Mom.

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Speaker 2: Come on your.

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Speaker 1: Story hours on presenting your story hour building for a

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better tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Hi, everybody, this is Aunt Carrol.

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Speaker 3: And I'm uncle Dan, and we both welcome you with

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open arms. We're so glad you've joined us for our

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program today. What do you have planned for us, Aunt Carrol?

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Speaker 2: Well, if you'll remember, we've been presenting a series on

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the life of Thomas Jefferson, and this is the last installment.

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Speaker 3: That's right. Let's see now at the end of our

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last program. Thomas Jefferson, he was vice president of the

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United States and John Adams was president.

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Speaker 2: As you recall, they represented different political parties. John Adams

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was a Federalist and Jefferson was a Republican. It all

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had to do with the way in which the president

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and vice president were selected in those days. Hmm.

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Speaker 3: I do remember that now that you mention it.

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Speaker 2: They were both great Americans and both had played key

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roles in secure during American independence from British rule. Also,

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they'd been good friends through the years. But now things

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were going so well.

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Speaker 3: So let's get back to the man, Carol, what do

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you say.

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Speaker 2: All right? I call this story the third president during

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the four year presidency of John Adams. Vice President Thomas

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Jefferson was uncomfortable with a number of policies put into

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place by Adams, one of which was the Alien and

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Sedition Act of seventeen ninety eight. This act was intended

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by Adams to increase national security, but was viewed by

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Jefferson and his party as trying to block the free

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speech of those not agreeing with the policies of government.

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Thomas and his friend James Madison discussed the situation.

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Speaker 4: You know, James, I have serious doubts that it's legal

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for Congress to have passed such a law. It is

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in direct opposition to the First Amendment, which guarantees the

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freedom of speech.

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Speaker 5: Yes, and Adams even has a list of people that

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is illegal to speak out.

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Speaker 4: Again, this brings America very close to tyranny if its

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citizens are not allowed to speak their minds.

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Speaker 5: And yet Adams is cheered as a hero wherever he goes,

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bands play flags, wave cannons are fired.

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Speaker 4: They cheer his efforts to protect America. They seem not

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to realize how little he trusts the common man and

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how he cuts down their civil liberties. At any rate,

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I'm a great believer in states' rights. Perhaps there will

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be individual states that will oppose these actions.

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Speaker 2: As Adam's term of office began to draw to a close,

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the opposing Republican party put Thomas Jefferson forth as their candidate,

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with Aaron Burr running as vice president. Many vicious rumors

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were circulated.

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Speaker 6: Listen to this right here in the Connecticut Current, our

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own Hartford newspaper. Yes, they say here that if Jefferson

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is elected, murder and robbery, and the list goes on

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and on, will all be openly taught and practiced.

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Speaker 2: That's completely outrageous.

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Speaker 6: Not only outrageous, my dear, but untrue. Just like the

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rumors that have been spreading that Jefferson doesn't believe in God.

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Speaker 2: Oh, the Jefferson's dead.

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Speaker 6: They're just trying to keep people from voting in a Republican.

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Speaker 2: In truth. Accusations flew from both sides. However, when the

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election was over, Adams and his party lost and Jefferson

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was eventually declared the winner. On March fourth, eighteen oh one,

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he took his oath of office, the first president to

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have been sworn in at the new Capitol Building, the

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construction of Washington, d C. First known as Federal City

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had begun in seventeen ninety, and both the President's House

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known today as the White House, and the Capitol Building

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were still under construction at this time. At any rate,

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the words Thomas Jefferson spoke at his inaugural speech were

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meant to help pull the country back together.

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Speaker 4: Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

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We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.

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Speaker 2: And as if in answer to the accusations that he

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was an atheist, he concluded his address with these words, and.

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Speaker 4: May that infinite power which rules the destinies of the

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universe lead our councils to what is best.

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Speaker 2: Jefferson's presidency was in contrast to that of Washington and Adams,

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both of whom retained some of the traditional formalities that

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were more associated with royalty. Jefferson, however, scuffed about the

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President's house and slippers and didn't dress an elegant formal

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attire for cabinet meetings or parties, and he immediately tried

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to change what he considered to be mistakes of the

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previous administration. He repealed taxes and pardoned people imprisoned under

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the Alien and sedition acts. Then within two months he

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faced his first international crisis.

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Speaker 4: I've called this cabinet meeting because of the situation off

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the Barbary coast in Africa. As you know, years pirates

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have been capturing ships and holding them and their crew

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members for ransom, including American ships. I have ordered a

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squadron of naval vessels to be ready to set sail

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for Tripoli in response. So I now seek your council.

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Shall the squadron now at Norfolk be ordered to cruise

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in the Mediterranean. This is the first time for such

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an action, But I say yes.

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Speaker 1: But would our ships be authorized to destroy enemy vessels?

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Speaker 7: Certainly if they are attacked.

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Speaker 1: Are we agreed?

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Speaker 4: Then, when under attack, the captains of our ships have

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the right to destroy enemy vessels.

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Speaker 1: And as commander in chief of our forces, you have

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the right to deploy the squadrons to defend our ships. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Next came a critical decision about the vast Louisiana territory.

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This huge area stretched from New Orleans north to what

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is now Minnesota, west to include all the land over

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to what is now Montana, and south again to parts

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of present day New Mexico and Texas. Although the territory

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belonged to Spain. Spain had been weakened by various wars,

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and it was on the verge of handing the land

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back to France. Jefferson discussed the situation with James Madison.

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Speaker 8: Mister Madison has arrived, mister President.

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Speaker 4: Oh, thank you, Merriwether send him in, mister President, James. James,

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come in, have a seat, and how are you this morning?

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My friend?

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Speaker 5: Very well, thank you, but you look a bit troubled.

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Speaker 4: Perhaps, as you know, I've already contacted Robert Livingstone, our

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minister to France, to convey our desire to secure the

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Louisiana territory for the United States.

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Speaker 5: Yes, France has emerged again as a world power.

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Speaker 4: And as such we definitely do not need France on

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our Doorstay.

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Speaker 5: I understand completely. France would control the entrance to the

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Mississippi at New Orleans.

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Speaker 4: And all the land beyond.

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Speaker 5: True, So am I correct in thinking that if the

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territory were handed to France, we might have to form

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an alliance with the British in order to keep France

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at bay. They are, after all, each gearing up for

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war against the other.

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Speaker 4: That is precisely my worry. We both know what a

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nightmare that would be, England being so recent an enemy,

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and what if England were to win.

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Speaker 5: Once again, we would be in danger of their surrounding us.

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Speaker 4: So, James, it is my hope that Napoleon can be

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convinced to sell the Louisiana territory to us, even though

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this plan may represent a stretch of my presidential power. Anyway,

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I'm counting on the possibility that money will speak very

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loudly to France just now.

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Speaker 5: Especially since they will need funding for the impending war. Exactly, so,

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I've written to our colleague James Monroe. I'm sending him

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to Paris to assist Livingstone in negotiations. Let us hope

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for their complete success.

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Speaker 2: In the end, Napoleon did indeed agree to sell the

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Louisiana territory to the United States, and for the somewhat

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modest sum of fifteen million dollars. Word of the treaty

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reached Jefferson on July third, eighteen oh three, and was

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published in the news on the fourth of July. This

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was perhaps the largest land purchase in history and an

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amazing stroke of good fortune for the United States, which

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more than double the size of the country. Jefferson had

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a keen interest in these vast lands and had already

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begun planning for an exploration party to traverse the area

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to record its geography.

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Speaker 4: Come in, ah, Merriweather, here's the information on the polygraph.

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Sh Yes, thank you ingenious device, don't you think very ingenious?

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Speaker 8: You know, mister President, Usually the duties of the Personal

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Secretary to the President include letter writing. I am more

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than willing.

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Speaker 4: But yes, yes, I know. I prefer to write my

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own letters. However, with this device, I can move one

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of the pens to write. And look here at the drawing. Yes,

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I see.

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Speaker 8: When you move one pen, the other tax pen will

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move with it and make a copy of what you're.

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Speaker 4: Writing, exactly. Very cleverly, I'll be able to keep a

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copy and send the original to its intended recipient. And you,

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my friend, what are you thinking, sir? I have something

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in mind for you far more interesting than letter writing

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or even greeting guests to the White House.

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Speaker 3: Huh.

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Speaker 4: Do you remember some time ago when I was able

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to convince Congress to allocate funds for an exploration party

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into the West.

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Speaker 8: Yes, twenty five hundred dollars. If I remember correctly.

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Speaker 4: And no doubt you remember all of our own discussions

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about this territory, the mountain ranges, the vast grasslands, and

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the great rivers, both the Mississippi and the Missouri.

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Speaker 8: And the idea of setting up commerce with the Indians,

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or even finding a possible water passage to the Pacific.

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Speaker 4: Yes, so, my friend, I think there is no better

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man to head up the expedition than yourself, Merriweather Lewis. Oh, sir, now,

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my friend, you are precisely the right person. I know

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this enterprise is safe in your hands.

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Speaker 8: Well, I it'll take months to prepare, mister President. We'll

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need supplies, boats, personnel, Oh, I'm sure, and i'll need

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assistance a co leader I know just the man, William Clark.

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I served with them in the Army.

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Speaker 3: Excellent.

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Speaker 4: I'll draw up a list of objectives.

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Speaker 8: And instructions, and I'll begin immediately to pull all of

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Speaker 3: Say Aunt Carol. While Meriwether Lewis packs his bags, I'd

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like to remind all our listeners about the fun things

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Speaker 2: Good idea, Uncle Dan.

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That that's all one word dot org. And now, Aunt Carrol, Yes,

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do you think Meriwether Lewis has had enough time to

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pack those bags?

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Speaker 7: Well?

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Speaker 2: I think maybe he has, at least I'm ready to continue.

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So here now is the conclusion of today's story, which

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I call the third President. In the spring of eighteen

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oh four, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark launched their Core

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of Discovery expedition. Excitement over that endeavor, along with approval

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for the Louisiana purchase, propelled Jefferson into a very positive

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light with his countrymen. In spite of the problems caused

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by the last minute appointments that John Adams had made

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in an attempt to overload key positions with members of

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his party, and in spite of negative criticisms by the Federalists,

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Jefferson's first term of office was successful and generally quite popular.

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In addition, he hosted frequent dinner parties at what we

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now call the White House, many of which were designed

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to help him become I'm better acquainted with members of Congress.

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Speaker 7: Ah, Senator Plumer, delicious dessert, this ice cream as they

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Speaker 9: Indeed, Senator, you know, I understand that over the course

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of these months, every Senator has been invited to the

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President's house for dinner.

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Speaker 7: Yes, and some several times yourself for example.

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Speaker 9: I have been honored, Senator. Yes, as you say, the

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President had seemed desires to stay well informed on the issues.

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I find him to be very knowledgeable and nearly every

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subject in fact, from natural history to religion, mathematics, politics,

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world the best ice, the national debt.

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Speaker 7: Yes, I understand he speaks six languages. Oh look there

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he's standing.

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Speaker 4: And now, my colleagues, I present to you a treat

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made possible by the generosity of a congregation in Cheshire, Massachusetts.

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Speaker 9: Oh the cheese, some of you may know.

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Speaker 4: They presented me with the largest round of cheese that

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can ever be imagined.

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Speaker 9: That was two years ago.

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Speaker 4: Now I have chosen to share this fine gift with

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all my guests, So may you enjoy it as many

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have done before you.

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Speaker 9: When the cheese is passed, my friend, take care, take care. Yes,

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the cheese is far from good, take my word for it.

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But it was a well meant gesture, which, by the way,

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the President ended up paying for out of his own pocket.

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could think that his favor was being bought. What you

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are the sample is a piece of the President's twelve

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hundred pound cheese. He's still trying to get rid of

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it after two years.

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Speaker 2: In spite of Jefferson's popularity and political savvy. However, the

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attacks by the press continued, and his saddest moment occurred

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when his youngest daughter, Maria Jefferson F's or Polly, died unexpectedly.

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He received condolences from Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams,

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since she had formed a close relationship with Polly when

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the girl was young. Thomas wrote back and tried to

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repair the relationship between himself and the Adamses, but to

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no avail. Much political damage had been done between them,

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and the time for healing had not come. His second

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term of office began well, however, uh.

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Speaker 4: Huh, it looks as if our efforts to secure an

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agreement with the Bobbery pirates has been successful after all,

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and very good. All of the Americans being held have

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been ransomed. Excellent news.

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Speaker 2: Then, in eighteen oh six, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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returned from their expedition. While they hadn't discovered a waterway

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to the Pacific with an easy portage of the Missouri River,

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they did triumphantly return with a vast array of maps

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and reports on the geography, natural history, plants, animals, and

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inhabitants of the region that were of great interest to

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the scientific community and to the President.

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Speaker 8: And now, mister President, we are honored to present you

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with these choice animal pelts, specimens of just some of

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the many animals we encountered on our expedition.

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Speaker 4: Why these are wonderful. I shall display them here at

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the President's House and also at Monticello. Gentlemen, I hardly

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need to emphasize what a service you have performed for

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this country. I hope your expedition and will help to

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eventually secure the entire Northwest for the United States of America.

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Speaker 2: In spite of the bright moments, however, Jefferson's second term

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was less satisfying than the first. Political infighting, disagreement over

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his attempts to acquire Florida for the United States, scandals

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revolving around Aaron Burr, who had been as Vice president

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during his first term, and the challenges he faced as

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he dealt with problems caused by the war between England

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and France, all took their toll. By the time his

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last days in office neared, he was weary and eager

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to get back to the private life at Monticello. He

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wrote to one of his friends.

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Speaker 4: Never did a prisoner released from his chains feel such

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relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power.

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Speaker 2: Always torn between his duty to country and his love

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of being a gentleman farmer, Thomas Jefferson felt that his

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time had come to enjoy the latter. After witnessing the

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inauguration of his friend and colleague James Madison as President,

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Thomas left Washington and headed home. Throughout the years of

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retirement from public office, he continued his passion for renovating Monticello.

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In fact, improvements and changes to the central building and

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surroundings became a never ending endeavor, and he pursued as

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many interests such as music, botany, astronomy, carpentry, and he

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also loved tinkering with novel projects.

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Speaker 1: There.

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Speaker 4: Now, I just attached the cannonball weight here. Aha, it

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has finished. My cannon ball clock that not only tells

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the time of day, but registers each day as the

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week goes by.

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately, because of the heavy debt which he had inherited

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and which evolved from managing Monticello, his beloved estate was

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always on the edge of financial disaster. However, not forgetting

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his public duty Thomas also functioned as a source of

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wisdom and advice for both Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.

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In addition, when the British entered Washington, d C. During

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the War of eighteen twelve and burned several key buildings,

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including the Library of Congress, Thomas offered to sell his

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extensive personal library to the United States to replace the loss.

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Speaker 3: Ah.

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Speaker 4: Yes, this one a special favorite of mine. I remember

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the little bookshop in Paris, father, Father, in here, Patsy, dear, Ah,

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there you.

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Speaker 2: Are almost done.

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Speaker 7: I see.

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Speaker 2: Where are the servants to help you pack your library?

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Speaker 4: Oh, now, don't worry. I just gave them a little break.

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You know, I'm going to miss these volumes. I've spent

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years collecting them. Oh, I know, even when we were

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in Europe. Yes, and each one is like a dear

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old friend mine. And just how many friends are you

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packing up for Washington, Father, six thousand, four hundred and

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eighty seven, to be exact.

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Speaker 8: Oh, I see, Well, if I know you, you'll just start

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collecting all over again. I don't think you can live

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without books.

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Speaker 4: Father. Perhaps, of course, I'm keeping a few volumes on

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classical literature from my own enjoyment. And this one your

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little Bible, my special edition. I've clipped passages from the

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four Gospels that I believe represent the purest philosophy and

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teachings of Jesus, pasted them in this little book in

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chronological order.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I know you carry it with you always.

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Speaker 4: Indeed I do, my dear right here in my pocket. Anyway,

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The money that I'll receive for the rest of my collection,

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nearly twenty four thousand dollars, will help pay some of

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the outstanding bills. I do want to be able to

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bequeath Monticello to my ear. In the meantime, I love

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having you and all your family living with me.

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Speaker 8: Here, all eleven grandchildren.

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Speaker 4: Every single one. I am the most fortunate atove grandfathers.

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Speaker 2: Perhaps the accomplishment of which Thomas was most proud during

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his post presidential years was that of establishing a new university.

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For many years, he'd been in favor of some type

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of free public education and the establishment of schools that

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were not tied to any particular religion. At that time,

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most of the universities had been founded by various religious groups,

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including Yale, Harvard, and Virginia's own William and Mary. In

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eighteen eighteen, the Virginia Legislature placed Jefferson as chairman of

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a commission whose job it was to set the guidelines

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for a new college for which he campaigned.

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Speaker 4: It is our aim, gentlemen, to establish an institution based

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on religious liberty for all, which will produced statesmen, legislators,

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and judges to assist the public. An institution which will

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teach the principles and structure of government, advanced the arts

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and sciences, promote the interests of agriculture, and develop the

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reasoning powers, character and virtues of our youth to ensure

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their happiness.

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Speaker 2: Not only did Jefferson set the educational goals for the college,

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which became the University of Virginia, but he also produced

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the architectural plans for the buildings and the layout of

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the campus. One other happy development gave Thomas much pleasure

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in his senior years the re establishment of his friendship

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with John Adams. The two former presidents resumed a heartwarming

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correspondence between themselves starting in January of eighteen twelve that

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left an extensive record of their involvement in and the

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political thoughts surrounding the establishment of the United States. In response,

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to one letter he received from Adams, Jefferson penned these words.

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Speaker 4: A letter from you calls up recollections very dear to

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my mind. It carries me back to the times when,

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beset with difficulties and dangers, we were fellow laborers in

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the same cause, struggling for what is most valuable to man,

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his right of self government, laboring always at the same ore,

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with some wave ever ahead, threatening to overwhelm us, and

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yet passing harmless under our bark. We knew not how

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we rode through the storm with heart and hand and

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made a happy port.

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Speaker 2: As the years rolled by, the United States, although beset

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by many challenges, continued to offer to its citizens that

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same happy port the freedoms that were so dearly established

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by the efforts of the founding fathers. And then, on

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July fourth, eighteen twenty six, exactly fifty years to the

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day that the Continental Congress had approved the words of

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the Declaration of Independence, both its author, Thomas Jefferson, age

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eighty three and his friend John Adams, age ninety, lay

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on their death beds just the night before. At about

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seven o'clock in the evening, Jefferson surfaced from unconsciousness.

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Speaker 4: To ask is it the fourth.

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Speaker 2: His doctor answered that indeed it soon would be, and

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the next day, at about noon on the fourth of July,

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Thomas Jefferson breathed his last That same afternoon, just before

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his own death, John Adams uttered these last words. Thomas

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Jefferson survived, little did he know that his friend and

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fellow lion of liberty had already passed away. Sadly, Thomas

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Jefferson had not been able to accomplish all that he wished.

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Encumbered by debt, Monticello had to be sold through a lottery,

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so he could not pass it on to his family.

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His lifelong attempts to curb and finally abolish the institution

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of slavery had failed, and although his own slaves were

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considered property tied to Monticello, he was able to free

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just a handful of them at his death. But in

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spite of his disappointments, the spirit and determination of this

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amazing patriot live on today and continue to have a

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positive impact on the life of every American. His assertion

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in the Declaration of Independence that we hold these truths,

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that each man has certain unalienable rights to life, liberty,

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and the pursuit of happiness ring through the years to

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touch our lives and our hearts even in our modern, global,

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twenty first century world.

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Speaker 3: Wow, what an amazing man at Carol.

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Speaker 2: And you know Uncle Dan. He had a certain humility

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about him as well. For example, do you know that

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he wrote beforehand exactly what he wanted to have engraved

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on his tombstone.

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Speaker 3: I seem to remember something about that. He said he

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wanted certain words, nothing more, nothing less.

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Speaker 2: Yes, exactly. His tombstone reads, here was buried Thomas Jefferson,

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author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of

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Virginia for religious Freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.

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And then it lists the dates of his birth and death.

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Speaker 3: And it doesn't even mention that he was the third

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President of the United States. Quite remarkable.

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Speaker 2: Well, I guess there wouldn't be room to write everything

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about him. But in spite of the brief inscription on

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his tombstone, his intellect has been recognized through the years.

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In nineteen sixty two, for example, when President John Kennedy

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addressed a group of Nobel Prize winners.

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Speaker 3: Nobel Prize winners, you mean the most renowned scientists and

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accomplished people on the planet.

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Speaker 2: That's right, Uncle Anne. They were gathered for a dinner

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given in their honor, and Kennedy said, this is the

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most extraordinary collection of talent of human knowledge that has

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ever been gathered together at the White House, with the

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possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

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Speaker 3: Well, well, that's quite a tribute to the genius of

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Thomas Jefferson to say that he possessed as much or

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more talent and knowledge than all the Nobel Prize winners

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at the dinner party.

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Speaker 2: It certainly is.

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Speaker 9: Oh.

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Speaker 3: By the way, our story informed us that Jefferson was

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the one who was responsible for launching the Lewis and

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Clark expedition.

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Speaker 2: Yes, that's right.

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Speaker 3: Well, I thought our listeners might like to know that

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we have two stories on Sakajawea, who was an Indian

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guide for that very adventure. Maybe they'd like to hear

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those stories as well.

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Speaker 2: Great idea, Uncle Dan. The saka Jaweya stories are listed

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on our website at your story hour dot org under

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Great Stories, Volume three, and they're available for purchase either

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in that CD album or as downloads in MP three format.

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Speaker 3: Now, for those who would rather check out our story

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offerings by catalog. You can call our toll free now

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Speaker 2: That's one eight hundred nine eight seven seventy eight seventy nine.

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Or you can write to us at Box eight Niles.

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That's Ni L. E. S. Michigan four nine one two

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zero once again Box eight Niles, Michigan, four nine one

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two zero.

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Speaker 3: And now it's time for us to go. So we

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hope everyone listening in has enjoyed our series on Thomas Jefferson,

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and we invite everyone to join us next time for

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another exciting story.

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Speaker 1: See you then, this has been your story hour building

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for a better tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: This is Ann, Carrol and Uncle Anne saying goodbye everyone,

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see you again next time.

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Speaker 4: The